 | Algernon Sidney - Political science - 1794 - 836 pages
...as they thcmfelvcs have made ; and when any riew thing, not comprehended in them happens to arife, they oblige their delegates to give them an account of it, and retain the power of determining thofe matters in themfelves. It is not fo amongft us : every country does not make a difiindt body,... | |
 | Algernon Sidney - Monarchy - 1805 - 570 pages
...as they themselves have made ; and when any new thing, not comprehended in them, happens to arise, they oblige their delegates to give them an account of it, and retain the power of determining those matters in themselves. It is not so amongst us : every country does not make a distinct body,... | |
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... every province, city, or canton, making a distinct body independent from any other, and exercising the sovereign power within itself, looks upon the rest as allies to whom they are bound only by such acts as they themselves have made ; and when any... 